10.12.2018
- Surfactants are used in a wide spectrum of applications — from detergents to crop protection, from cosmetics to the oil & gas industry. This broad range of use, among other things...
10.12.2018
- Just five weeks after presenting third-quarter financial results and forecasting a slight decline in EBIT before special items for full year 2018 and a little over two weeks after...
06.12.2018
- Shareholders of Japanese drugmaker Takeda and Netherlands-domiciled, US-managed Shire have separately approved the merger of the two pharmaceutical manufacturers. All regulatory...
Covestro has widened its stake in its thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) joint venture with Japanese PPS compounder and pigment manufacturer DIC (formerly Dainippon Ink &...
04.12.2018
- Finnish chemical producer Kemira has formed a joint venture with Shandong Tiancheng Wanfeng Chemical Technology in China to produce AKD wax and its key raw material, fatty acid...
04.12.2018
- Clariant is to increase production of high-purified ethylene oxide (HPEO) at Gendorf, Germany, allowing the Swiss-based company to continue expanding its portfolio of EO-based...
04.12.2018
- German pharmaceuticals, chemicals and laboratory products group Merck completed the sale of its Consumer Health business to US consumer products group Procter & Gamble (P&G) on Dec...
30.11.2018
- Kingchem Life Science, a US subsidiary of China’s Kingchem Liaoning Chemical, has spent more than $3 million to buy Apiscent Laboratories. Located in St. Francis, Wisconsin, USA...
29.11.2018
- India enjoys an important position in the global pharmaceuticals sector. The country is the largest provider of generic drugs globally. The Indian pharmaceutical industry supplies...